In the Central African Republic, peacekeeping missions are losing popular support by failing to meet people’s expectations, ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — More than 40 million people are now struggling to feed themselves across West and Central Africa with that number set to rise to 52 million by the middle of next year ...

Estimates suggest that 77 per cent of these enslaved people (10.1 million) were 'produced' along the west and west central coasts of Africa between 1701 and 1850. This is almost 10 per cent of the ...

Seybata sits cross-legged on a worn blue mat in a sun-dappled compound in Harobanda, a neighbourhood in Niger’s capital, Niamey. Her hands deftly stitch a large calico cloth, which she and a friend ...

CBN’s Emefiele: ‘The Nigerian situation is a challenging one’ says analyst In the second part of our series on the governors running the Central Banks of West Africa, we take a look at Nigeria’s ...

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS ...

cross-border conflict and smuggling across West Africa as part of the XCEPT research programme; rethinking the response to jihadist groups in the Central Sahel; and artisanal mining and resource ...

Seybata sits cross-legged on a worn blue mat in a sun-dappled compound in Harobanda, a neighbourhood in Niger's capital, Niamey. Her hands deftly stitch a large calico cloth, which she and a friend ...